Matt Riddle talks NXT's move to USA Network, AEW, Jericho, Lesnar, and Goldberg (Exclusive)

Riddle chatted with us about going live!

SK: Don't worry, man, I'll come onto the WCW legends in a little second!

You just said there, obviously, you've been really busy. I think it's about to get a little bit busier because NXT is soon to be broadcast live on the USA Network.

What are your feelings about the move? Do you feel like it will be a huge step up or do you need to just keep doing what you're doing?

MR: I think I'm going to keep doing what I'm going to do but I think just because there's going to be more TV, more time, they're going to need more from us.

We're going to see who can deliver on live TV, who can't and it is what it is. I'm stoked. I think it's a good challenge - not just for me but [for] the rest of the locker room.

I like to be pushed, I like to be under pressure, I like to be in that situation, I like to sweat.

I'm stoked. I've been wanting to go on live TV since I started here. For a long time, everyone's going, "You've got to go to [the] main roster, main roster." I was like, "Not a chance, I want NXT on TV, I'd rather wrestle on NXT on USA or FOX, or wherever."

Now, one year later, NXT is on USA. We are starting a couple of weeks from now and it's gonna be legit.

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SK: NXT is now pretty much the main roster, you could say as well, man. I was going to ask, now that it seemingly officially the third brand in WWE, I never really liked the term "moving up to the main roster" anyway because I always thought NXT was its own beast and as good as the other two, do you still... Do you have ambitions of you back moving to RAW or SmackDown, or is it like, "NXT is the place to be" and we'll just see what happens?

MR: Right now, NXT for me is the place to be. Things do change.

I think with all three brands on television, I think certain things are gonna change. I think it's gonna elevate NXT into the spotlight but at the same time, I think it's gonna help elevate both SmackDown and RAW.

Obviously, I want to wrestle a lot of the guys on the main roster like Seth Rollins, Daniel Bryan, AJ Styles, Cesaro - I could keep going on. There's a lot of talent on the main roster.

For me, that's what it was been about. One of the main reasons I signed with WWE and not another company, I don't want to mention names, is I want to wrestle Brock Lesnar and the only way I will get even close to this is if I'm in WWE. I'm not going to wrestle that dude anywhere else. I can fight him in the UFC, but I'm not going to ever wrestle him anywhere else I don't believe. For me, it's all about matches.

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